Contraceptive Projections and the Donor Gap

The Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition has updated its research on the state of resource moblisation and financing for reproductive health supplies. The report 'Contraceptive Projections and the Donor Gap: Meeting the Challenge (2009)' is available form the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition website. The following is an edited summary from the RH Supplies Coalition website.

Contraceptive Projections and the Donor Gap (2009), presents a frank portrayal of past success and the challenges that lie ahead. The dire predictions that we were originally published in 2001 did not, as we now know, come to pass. Donor funding, though highly variable, did—to a large extent—keep pace with the growing demand for contraceptives. But such success, the report points out, offers little room for complacency. Increases in the number of contraceptive users—especially younger users—coupled with the growing demand for condoms for HIV prevention means that by the year 2020, an estimated US$424 million will be required in commodity support to satisfy all demand for contraceptives in donor-dependent countries. And even if donor funding were to remain at or near current levels, the shortfall would be almost US$200 million annually, with a cumulative shortfall of about US$1.4 billion over the 2008–2020 period.